PASS Summit

You know how busy I am by the amount of time I DON’T blog and yes, it’s been over a month. I think that’s the longest I haven’t blogged in YEARS.

24 HOP and Facebook Live

I just finished my 24HOP, (24 hrs of PASS) session back on September 9th, the PASS Facebook Live session this last Monday and I’m thrilled with these virtual events each year I get the chance to participate. If you’re not familiar with 24HOP, its a preview of some of the sessions at Summit, the annual tech conference from PASS. Twenty four presenters are chosen to offer a preview on their talk. As mine is on Linux Scripting, I decided to do a tips and tricks session that had three goals:

PASS Summit 2018 is the 16th annual WIT luncheon. Many of the men are wearing kilts in support of the women in the SQL community, (it’s a thing here…) there’s a luncheon, there’s special panels and highlight on the women authors and speakers.

Women in Tech Speaker

The WIT speaker was Lauri Bingham, the Director of Technology Engineering Project Management at T-Mobile.

Lauri shared her early life, the challenges her mother went through as a single, working mother without an employment history. She said she made a promise to herself that she’d never be in that position and how her passion in technology was first sparked by a class in BASIC in school.

We’re excited to meet old friends, and make new ones in Seattle this year. Pythian will sponsor munchies and drinks. There will be a networking contest with some cool prizes, plus everyone will get their very own PASS Summit Bloggers Meetup shirt! Meetups are a great way to make new friends in the community, so come on out — all bloggers are welcome!